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Android 13 Can Now Generate Its Own Themed Icons, Bypassing Need for Developer

Tim January 10, 2023 17

You want to know what grinds my gears? When app developers don't take advantage of the sweet features available to them in Android 13. Case in point? There's an option for applying themed icons to match your Material You aesthetic in Android 13, but it's up to...

YouTube Widgets Updated With Material You Hotness

Tim December 12, 2022 1

YouTube is rolling out a freshly updated look for its Android widgets to all users, one that has been floating around on and off again since at least November. This week, the updated widgets are officially here for those of you running an Android 13-powered...

Nova Launcher 8.0 Beta Arrives, Adds Material You Custom Color Schemes

Kellen July 15, 2022 26

Nova Launcher picked up a substantial update today that you'll want to grab if you want a "rebased" launcher experience with Material You custom colors, new settings, new gestures, and more. Nova Launcher 8 is here in beta form! The changelog is fairly brief,...

Gmail on the Web Gets Fresh Material You Styling

Kellen June 28, 2022 5

Gmail on desktop picked up a big refresh earlier in the year when Google changed the layout some to better integrate Chat, Meet, and Spaces. The new layout made it easy for users to quickly switch between each app from the same page, without having to open new...

Google Phone update adds Material You Colors

Google Phone’s Material You Look Gets Even Cuter

Kellen April 11, 2022 9

Not that any of us place actual phone calls anymore, but if you happen to on a phone running Android 12+ and with the Google Phone app, you should see an even cuter Material You look after a fresh update. A new build started rolling out last week that makes...

More Android 12 Devices Will Soon Taste the Rainbow

Tim February 10, 2022 6

Google's Android developers announced today that Material You, specifically its dynamic color feature, is coming to more devices running Android 12. Dynamic color inside of apps takes the palette of your device's theme and applies it inside of select apps,...

Here’s a Peek at YouTube With a Material You Redesign

Tim November 30, 2021 5

Above in the header image, you're getting an early look at what the YouTube app may look like when/if it receives a Material You makeover. As we already know, Google has been busy pushing Material You updates to plenty of apps, but YouTube is one of its most...

At Least Google is Taking Material You Widgets Seriously, For Now

Kellen October 28, 2021 9

The big reveal of Material You at Google I/O showed us a lot of very pretty UI elements for Android 12, all of which we hope to one day see on a phone. There were wallpaper themes and app redesigns and new buttons and fatter, more colorful sliders and a lot of...